Dicobalt octacarbonyl

<p>Dicobalt octacarbonyl is an <a href="/facts/Organocobalt_compound/xUpsqaUg">organocobalt compound</a> with composition Co2(CO)8. This <a href="/facts/Metal_carbonyl/KzJBcMzU">metal carbonyl</a> is used as a <a href="/facts/Reagent/c3GLInCu">reagent</a> and <a href="/facts/Catalyst/LPBS7TQC">catalyst</a> in <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic chemistry</a> and <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic synthesis</a>, and is central to much known <a href="/facts/Organocobalt_chemistry/xUpsqaUg">organocobalt chemistry</a>. It is the parent member of a family of <a href="/facts/Hydroformylation/KCnbNIu7">hydroformylation</a> catalysts. Each <a href="/facts/Molecule/N9ljSfFq">molecule</a> consists of two <a href="/facts/Cobalt/gqhScEw4">cobalt</a> atoms bound to eight <a href="/facts/Carbon_monoxide/CKuLtEMJ">carbon monoxide</a> <a href="/facts/Ligand/6etB3qeW">ligands</a>, although multiple structural isomers are known. Some of the carbonyl ligands are <a href="/facts/Lability/Gg1wYBfG">labile</a>.
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Dicobalt octacarbonyl